• TAKANO, MARK
Experience: House: District 41, 2013-Present
Home State: California
Running: President, United States, 2016
Total Raised: $812,855Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal

    Full Name: Mark Allan Takano
    Gender: Male
    Birth Date: 12/10/1960
    Birth Place: Riverside, CA
    Home City: Riverside, CA
    Religion: Methodist

Education

    MFA, Creative Writing for the Performing Arts, School of Education, University of California, Riverside
    BA, Government, Harvard College, 1983

Political Experience

    Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 41, 2012-present
    Member, Board of Trustees, Riverside Community College District, 1990-2012
    President, Board of Trustees, Riverside Community College District, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006
    Candidate, United States House of Representatives, 1992, 1998

Current Legislative Committees

    Education and the Workforce, Member
    Science, Space, and Technology, Member
    Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, Member
    Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, Ranking Minority Member
    Subcommittee on Environment, Member
    Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, Member
    Subcommittee on Health (Veterans' Affairs), Member
    Veterans' Affairs, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

    Member, Affordable Medicines Caucus, present
    Member, Alzheimer's Disease Task Force, present
    Member, American Sikh Congressional Caucus, present
    Member, Army Aviation Caucus, present
    Member, Baby Caucus, present
    Member, Black Men and Boys Caucus, present
    Member, Caucus on the Deadliest Cancers, present
    Whip, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, present
    Member, Congressional Automotive and Motorsports Caucus, present
    Member, Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth, present
    Co-Chair, Congressional Deaf Caucus, present
    Member, Congressional Diabetes Caucus, present
    Co-Chair, Congressional Maker Caucus, present
    Member, Congressional Progressive Caucus, present
    Member, Congressional Water Caucus, present
    Co-Chair, Congressional Work for Warriors Caucus, present
    Member, Democratic Israel Working Group, present
    Member, Hepatitis Caucus, present
    Member, History Caucus, present
    Member, HIV/AIDS Caucus, present
    Member, Humanities Caucus, present
    Member, International Conservation Caucus, present
    Member, Japan Caucus, present
    Member, Kidney Caucus, present
    Co-chair, LGBT Equality Caucus, present
    Member, National Guard and Reserve Caucus, present
    Member, Olympic and Paralympic Caucus, present
    Member, Out of Poverty Caucus, present
    Member, P3 Caucus, present
    Member, Public Transportation Caucus, present
    Member, Renewable Energy and Efficiency Caucus, present
    Member, Small Brewers Caucus, present
    Member, Small Business Caucus, present
    Member, Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, present
    Member, US Philippines Friendship Caucus, present
    Member, Veterans Jobs Caucus, present
    Member, Wire and Wire Products Caucus, present
    Former Member, Riverside Mayor's Task Force

Professional Experience

    Former Teacher, Rialto Unified School District
    Chairman, Riverside Mayor's Task Force on the Digital Divide

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

    Member, Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education, present
    Member, Association of California Asian American Trustees, present
    Member, Association of California Asian American Trustees, present
    Board Member, Advisory Center, Chancellor's Asian Pacific Islander Community, University of California, Riverside
    Charter Member, Assoc. of Latino Community College Trustees
    Former Member, Community Advisory Board, Children's Spine Foundation
    Former Member, President's Council, Greater Riverside Urban League
    Former Member, Board of Directors, Riverside Ballet Theatre

Additional Information

Awards:

    Martin Luther King Visionaries Award
General Survey
Issue Title Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right

Strongly Support
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime

Strongly Support
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy

Strongly Support
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery

Support
6. Vouchers for school choice

Strongly Oppose
7. Make voter registration easier

Support
8. Prioritize green energy

Strongly Support
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military

Support
11. Support & expand free trade

Support
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership

Strongly Oppose
14. Expand ObamaCare

Strongly Support
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens

No Opinion
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive

No Opinion
17. Keep God in the public sphere

Oppose
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities

Strongly Support
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage

Strongly Support
20. Privatize Social Security

Strongly Oppose
Total: 51
Introduced Date Bill Number Bill Title Last Action
07/30/2014 H.R.5296 To require a demonstration program on the accession as Air Force officers of candidates with auditory impairments. 07/30/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.  (All Actions)
07/23/2014 H.R.5182 Social Security and Medicare Parity Act of 2014 07/23/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
07/01/2014 H.R.4363 Work for Warriors Act of 2014 07/01/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.  (All Actions)
06/23/2014 H.Res.640 Supporting the goals and ideals of "Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week". 06/23/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.  (All Actions)
06/13/2014 H.R.4248 Veterans Education Outcomes Act 06/13/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.  (All Actions)
03/25/2014 H.R.4147 Student Veterans IT Upgrade Act 03/25/2014 Subcommittee Hearings Held.  (All Actions)
03/25/2014 H.R.3056 Warriors' Peer-Outreach Pilot Program Act 03/25/2014 Subcommittee Hearings Held.  (All Actions)
09/13/2013 H.R.2897 Access to Complete Education Act 09/13/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.  (All Actions)
04/25/2013 H.R.1453 Work-Study for Student Veterans Act 04/25/2013 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .  (All Actions)
04/25/2013 H.R.844 VetSuccess Enhancement Act 04/25/2013 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .  (All Actions)
03/19/2013 H.R.1271 Job Skills for America's Students Act of 2013 03/19/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
Total: 1374
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
06/14/2017 H.R.381 To designate a mountain in the John Muir Wilderness of the Sierra National Forest as "Sky Point".
06/13/2017 H.R.2895 To provide a requirement to improve data collection efforts.
06/12/2017 H.R.2886 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to strengthen the provisions relating to child labor.
06/12/2017 H.R.2878 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit employment of children in tobacco-related agriculture by deeming such employment as oppressive child labor.
06/12/2017 H.Res.380 Commemorating one year since the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016.
06/08/2017 H.R.2859 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish demonstration projects for competency-based education.
06/08/2017 H.R.2854 To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to permit an individual who is subject to a requirement to present identification as a condition of voting in an election for Federal office to meet such requirement by presenting a sworn written statement attesting to the individual's identification, and for other purposes.
06/08/2017 H.R.2845 To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to support early college high schools and dual or concurrent enrollment programs.
06/08/2017 H.R.2840 To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require each State to ensure that each individual who provides identifying information to the State motor vehicle authority is automatically registered to vote in elections for Federal office held in the State unless the individual does not meet the eligibility requirements for registering to vote in such elections or declines to be registered to vote in such elections, and for other purposes.
06/08/2017 H.R.2827 To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend and expand the membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.
05/22/2017 H.R.2589 To waive the 24-month waiting period for Medicare eligibility for individuals disabled by Huntington's disease.
05/22/2017 H.R.1545 VA Prescription Data Accountability Act 2017
05/22/2017 H.R.695 Child Protection Improvements Act of 2017
05/19/2017 H.R.2288 Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017
05/18/2017 H.R.2526 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reinstate the authority of the Secretary of Education to make Federal Direct Stafford Loans to graduate and professional students.
05/18/2017 H.R.2525 To improve the financial literacy of students.
05/18/2017 H.R.2523 To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 with respect to the scope of employee pension benefit plans.
05/18/2017 H.R.2519 To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in recognition of the 100th anniversary of The American Legion.
05/18/2017 H.R.2517 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for requirements relating to the reassignment of Department of Veterans Affairs senior executive employees.
05/18/2017 H.Res.338 Recognizing the significance of Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month in May as an important time to celebrate the significant contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to the history of the United States.
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